16th Century Timeline

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23. Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside.
1562 1572 1571 1556

24. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1521 1565 1579 1592

25. Gonzalo Jim 1565 1577 1538 1571

26. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.
1502 1517 1574 1562

27. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1567 1527 1506 1551

34. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1529 1598 1504 1556

35. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1534 1538 1562 1548

36. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th 1584 1572 1500 1593

38. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1570 1534 1543 1598

39. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.
1565 1542 1526 1582

40. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1534 1556 1519 1572

44. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.
1542 1571 1577 1513